DISEMBODIED

“The English word spirit (from Latin spiritus “breath“) has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. The word spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to the consciousness or personality. The notions of a person’s spirit and soul often also overlap, as both contrast with body and both are understood as surviving the bodily death in religion and occultism, and “spirit” can also have the sense of “ghost“, i.e. a manifestation of the spirit of a deceased person.

Noun
1.
disembodied spirit – any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
spirit
spiritual being, supernatural being – an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events

control – a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

evil spirit – a spirit tending to cause harm

banshee, banshie – (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni – (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals

familiar spirit, familiar – a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard

peri – (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done

apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, spectre, specter – a ghostly appearing figure; “we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us”

presence – an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby

kachina – a deified spirit of the Pueblo people

numen – a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)

python – a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit

silvan, sylvan – a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods”

Definitions from TheFreeDictionary.com and Wikipedia.org

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